Abstract
The Virtual Video Browser (VVB) is a manifestation of our mechanisms for the location, identification, and delivery of digital audio and video in a distributed system which can be extended to several application domains including multimedia-based home entertainment, catalog shopping, and distance learning. In the following sections we describe the VVB software application designed to allow the interactive browsing and content-based query of a video database and to facilitate the subsequent playout of selected titles.
The VVB employs a two phase retrieval process to serve its users. In the query phase, user queries are sent to a metadata server for processing. In the subsequent playout phase, a connection is established between the client workstation and a video server for the delivery of video data. The VVB incorporates a simple query interface that lets users specify their preferences to the system and retrieve the appropriate video. The application is designed to work in a distributed environment where video sequences are stored in different databases interconnected via a network. It has been shown to be a viable target application useful for investigating research problems related to building interactive multimedia systems.
This chapter appeared as an article in the Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 1995, pp. 149–172.
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Little, T.D.C. et al. (1996). Selection and Dissemination of Digital Video Via the Virtual Video Browser. In: Furht, B. (eds) Multimedia Tools and Applications. The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 359. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1387-8_3
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